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Debugging and Diagnostics
This chapter describes debugging and diagnostics for the device.
Offline Diagnostics
The offline diagnostics test suite is useful for isolating faults and debugging hardware.
The diagnostics tests are grouped into three levels:
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Level 0
— Level 0 diagnostics check for the presence of various components and perform essential path verifications. In
addition, Level 0 diagnostics verify the identification registers of the components on the board.
•
Level 1
— A smaller set of diagnostic tests. Level 1 diagnostics perform status/self-test for all the components on the board and
test their registers for appropriate values. In addition, Level 1 diagnostics perform extensive tests on memory devices (for
example, SDRAM, flash, NVRAM, EEPROM) wherever possible.
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Level 2
— The full set of diagnostic tests. Level 2 diagnostics are used primarily for on-board loopback tests and more extensive
component diagnostics. Various components on the board are put into Loopback mode and test packets are transmitted through
those components. Level 2 diagnostics also perform snake tests using virtual local area network (VLAN) configurations.
Important Points to Remember
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You can only perform offline diagnostics on an offline standalone unit or offline member unit of a stack of three or more. You
cannot perform diagnostics on the management or standby unit in a stack of two or more; if you do, a message similar to this
displays:
Running Diagnostics on master/standby unit is not allowed on stack
.
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Perform offline diagnostics on one stack member at a time.
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Diagnostics only test connectivity, not the entire data path.
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Diagnostic results are stored on the flash of the unit on which you performed the diagnostics.
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When offline diagnostics are complete, the unit or stack member reboots automatically.
Running Offline Diagnostics
To run offline diagnostics, use the following commands.
For more information, refer to the examples following the steps.
1.
Place the unit in the offline state.
EXEC Privilege mode
offline stack-unit
stack-unit-number
You cannot enter this command on a MASTER or Standby stack unit.
NOTE: The system reboots when the offline diagnostics complete. This is an automatic process. The following
warning message appears when you implement the
offline stack-unit
command:
Warning - Diagnostic
execution will cause stack-unit to reboot after completion of diags. Proceed with
Offline-Diags [confirm yes/no]:y
After the system goes offline, you must reload or run the
online stack-unit
stack-unit-number
command for the normal
operation.
2.
Confirm the offline status.
EXEC Privilege mode
show system brief
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Debugging and Diagnostics
Summary of Contents for S4048-ON
Page 1: ...Dell Configuration Guide for the S4048 ON System 9 9 0 0 ...
Page 146: ...Figure 14 BFD Three Way Handshake State Changes 146 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection BFD ...
Page 522: ...Figure 87 Configuring Interfaces for MSDP 522 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP ...
Page 523: ...Figure 88 Configuring OSPF and BGP for MSDP Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP 523 ...
Page 528: ...Figure 91 MSDP Default Peer Scenario 1 528 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP ...
Page 529: ...Figure 92 MSDP Default Peer Scenario 2 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP 529 ...
Page 530: ...Figure 93 MSDP Default Peer Scenario 3 530 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP ...
Page 633: ...Policy based Routing PBR 633 ...
Page 777: ...Figure 119 Single and Double Tag TPID Match Service Provider Bridging 777 ...
Page 778: ...Figure 120 Single and Double Tag First byte TPID Match 778 Service Provider Bridging ...